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UNINA9910455340203321 |
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Autore |
Ferguson Karen (Karen Jane) |
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Titolo |
Black politics in New Deal Atlanta [[electronic resource] /] / Karen Ferguson |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Collana |
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The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture |
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323.11960730758231 |
975.8/23100496073 |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Georgia - Atlanta - Politics and government - 20th century |
African Americans - Georgia - Atlanta - Social conditions - 20th century |
African American social reformers - Georgia - Atlanta - History - 20th century |
Elite (Social sciences) - Georgia - Atlanta - History - 20th century |
New Deal, 1933-1939 - Georgia - Atlanta |
Electronic books. |
Atlanta (Ga.) Politics and government 20th century |
Atlanta (Ga.) Social conditions 20th century |
Atlanta (Ga.) Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Life at the Margins; 1. The Wheel within a Wheel; 2. The Road Not Taken; Part II: The New Deal; 3. Carpetbaggers and Scalawags; 4. Lifting the Taboo; 5. Unwanted Attention; 6. The New Face of Black Activism; Part III: The New Deal & Local Politics in Black and White; 7. A Jungle World Breeding Jungle Life; 8. A Laboratory for Citizenship; Part IV: Wartime Atlanta & the Struggle for Inclusion; 9. The Inner Wheel Breaks Out; Epilogue: The Politics of Inclusion; Appendix: Tables; Notes; Notes; Notes; Works Cited; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1932, Atlanta had the South's largest population of educated African Americans. However, Jim Crow's dictates meant they were almost |
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